
Transportation Stocks On The Rise With Help From 3 Stocks
All three major indices are trading down today with the
Dow Jones Industrial Average
(
^DJI
) trading down 11 points (-0.1%) at 17,856 as of Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015, 11:55 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,091 issues advancing vs. 1,846 declining with 161 unchanged.
The Transportation industry currently sits down 0.8% versus the S&P 500, which is down 0.3%. Top gainers within the industry include
(
), up 2.2%, and
(
), up 1.7%. On the negative front, top decliners within the industry include
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies
(
), down 4.1%, and
(
), down 1.6%.
TheStreet would like to highlight 3 stocks pushing the industry higher today:
3.
(
) is one of the companies pushing the Transportation industry higher today. As of noon trading, Ryanair Holdings is up $0.66 (0.8%) to $84.27 on light volume. Thus far, 109,048 shares of Ryanair Holdings exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 414,300 shares. The stock has ranged in price between $84.15-$84.78 after having opened the day at $84.63 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $83.61.
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Ryanair Holdings plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides scheduled-passenger airline services in Ireland, the United Kingdom, continental Europe, and Morocco. Ryanair Holdings has a market cap of $22.0 billion and is part of the services sector. Shares are up 14.4% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 3 analysts who rate Ryanair Holdings a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 2 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Ryanair Holdings
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its growth in earnings per share, solid stock price performance, notable return on equity, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and increase in net income. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow. Get the full
Ryanair Holdings Ratings Report
now.
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2. As of noon trading,
(
) is up $1.79 (6.4%) to $29.74 on average volume. Thus far, 1.2 million shares of XPO Logistics exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.6 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $29.25-$30.75 after having opened the day at $29.57 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $27.95.
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XPO Logistics, Inc. provides transportation and logistics services primarily in the United States. The company operates through two segments, Transportation and Logistics. XPO Logistics has a market cap of $2.7 billion and is part of the services sector. Shares are down 31.6% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 11 analysts who rate XPO Logistics a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and none rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
XPO Logistics
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth and notable return on equity. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including deteriorating net income, weak operating cash flow and poor profit margins. Get the full
now.
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1. As of noon trading,
(
) is up $0.85 (0.5%) to $159.85 on light volume. Thus far, 529,479 shares of FedEx exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.0 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $158.68-$160.90 after having opened the day at $159.84 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $159.00.
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FedEx Corporation provides transportation, e-commerce, and business services in the United States and internationally. FedEx has a market cap of $44.9 billion and is part of the services sector. Shares are down 8.4% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 12 analysts who rate FedEx a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 6 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
FedEx
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, increase in net income, good cash flow from operations, growth in earnings per share and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself. Get the full
now.
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If you are interested in one of these 3 stocks, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the transportation industry could consider
iShares Dow Jones Transportation
(
) while those bearish on the transportation industry could consider
ProShares UltraShort Industrials
(
).








